The latest officially reported population of Greece was 10,388,805 in 2024 vs 12,277,109 people in Tunisia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Greece's population is 10,276,140 people compared to 12,402,051 in Tunisia.
Population statistics:
- Tunisia's population is 1.21 times bigger than Greece's.
- Greece is ranked the 95th most populous country in the world, while Tunisia is the 80th.
- The countries together account for 0.27% of the world: 0.12% for Greece vs 0.15% for Tunisia.
- For the last 10 years, Greece has had an average growth rate of -0.49% per year vs +0.89% in Tunisia.
- Since 2005, the population of Greece has decreased from 11M people to 10.3M (6.47% decline), while Tunisia has grown from 10.3M to 12.4M (20.9% growth).
- Tunisia is projected to reach its peak in 2051 at 13.1M people, while Greece's population already peaked in 2010 at 11.1M people and is projected to decrease to 6.49M people by 2100.
Greece vs Tunisia: live population counter
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| Current population |
10276140
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12402051
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| Population rank | 95/197 | 80/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.12% | 0.15% |
| One net population change |
31.3 minutes
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6.85 minutes
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| One birth every |
7.43 minutes
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3.13 minutes
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| One death every |
4.14 minutes
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7.1 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
4.28 minutes
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34.5 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -122,772 | -15,221 |
| Daily growth/decline | -46 | +210 |
| Annual growth/decline | -16,783 | +76,678 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.16% | +0.63% |
| Population growth rate rank | 175/197 | 125/197 |
Greece and Tunisia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 8,331,725 | 4,267,288 | - | - |
| 1961 | 8,398,050 | 4,316,278 | 0.8% | 1.15% |
| 1962 | 8,448,233 | 4,369,136 | 0.6% | 1.22% |
| 1963 | 8,479,625 | 4,427,131 | 0.37% | 1.33% |
| 1964 | 8,510,429 | 4,489,869 | 0.36% | 1.42% |
| 1965 | 8,550,333 | 4,561,385 | 0.47% | 1.59% |
| 1966 | 8,613,651 | 4,652,287 | 0.74% | 1.99% |
| 1967 | 8,684,088 | 4,760,970 | 0.82% | 2.34% |
| 1968 | 8,740,765 | 4,879,899 | 0.65% | 2.5% |
| 1969 | 8,772,764 | 5,004,697 | 0.37% | 2.56% |
| 1970 | 8,792,806 | 5,131,396 | 0.23% | 2.53% |
| 1971 | 8,831,036 | 5,261,658 | 0.43% | 2.54% |
| 1972 | 8,888,628 | 5,396,557 | 0.65% | 2.56% |
| 1973 | 8,929,086 | 5,537,242 | 0.46% | 2.61% |
| 1974 | 8,962,022 | 5,684,674 | 0.37% | 2.66% |
| 1975 | 9,046,541 | 5,839,262 | 0.94% | 2.72% |
| 1976 | 9,188,150 | 5,996,994 | 1.57% | 2.7% |
| 1977 | 9,308,479 | 6,155,931 | 1.31% | 2.65% |
| 1978 | 9,429,959 | 6,309,390 | 1.31% | 2.49% |
| 1979 | 9,548,258 | 6,456,419 | 1.25% | 2.33% |
| 1980 | 9,642,505 | 6,606,195 | 0.99% | 2.32% |
| 1981 | 9,729,350 | 6,758,284 | 0.9% | 2.3% |
| 1982 | 9,789,513 | 6,908,642 | 0.62% | 2.22% |
| 1983 | 9,846,627 | 7,053,800 | 0.58% | 2.1% |
| 1984 | 9,895,801 | 7,220,044 | 0.5% | 2.36% |
| 1985 | 9,934,300 | 7,409,903 | 0.39% | 2.63% |
| 1986 | 9,967,213 | 7,600,301 | 0.33% | 2.57% |
| 1987 | 10,000,595 | 7,789,987 | 0.33% | 2.5% |
| 1988 | 10,036,983 | 7,974,440 | 0.36% | 2.37% |
| 1989 | 10,089,498 | 8,151,660 | 0.52% | 2.22% |
| 1990 | 10,196,792 | 8,324,509 | 1.06% | 2.12% |
| 1991 | 10,319,927 | 8,501,827 | 1.21% | 2.13% |
| 1992 | 10,399,061 | 8,682,512 | 0.77% | 2.13% |
| 1993 | 10,460,415 | 8,857,910 | 0.59% | 2.02% |
| 1994 | 10,512,922 | 9,018,448 | 0.5% | 1.81% |
| 1995 | 10,562,153 | 9,161,258 | 0.47% | 1.58% |
| 1996 | 10,608,800 | 9,294,432 | 0.44% | 1.45% |
| 1997 | 10,661,259 | 9,421,270 | 0.49% | 1.36% |
| 1998 | 10,720,509 | 9,541,667 | 0.56% | 1.28% |
| 1999 | 10,761,698 | 9,655,963 | 0.38% | 1.2% |
| 2000 | 10,805,808 | 9,764,935 | 0.41% | 1.13% |
| 2001 | 10,862,132 | 9,869,677 | 0.52% | 1.07% |
| 2002 | 10,902,022 | 9,971,515 | 0.37% | 1.03% |
| 2003 | 10,928,070 | 10,071,632 | 0.24% | 1% |
| 2004 | 10,955,141 | 10,166,163 | 0.25% | 0.94% |
| 2005 | 10,987,314 | 10,255,472 | 0.29% | 0.88% |
| 2006 | 11,020,362 | 10,346,410 | 0.3% | 0.89% |
| 2007 | 11,048,473 | 10,441,702 | 0.26% | 0.92% |
| 2008 | 11,077,841 | 10,542,635 | 0.27% | 0.97% |
| 2009 | 11,107,017 | 10,650,681 | 0.26% | 1.02% |
| 2010 | 11,121,341 | 10,765,980 | 0.13% | 1.08% |
| 2011 | 11,104,899 | 10,886,035 | -0.15% | 1.12% |
| 2012 | 11,045,011 | 11,009,647 | -0.54% | 1.14% |
| 2013 | 10,965,211 | 11,141,361 | -0.72% | 1.2% |
| 2014 | 10,892,413 | 11,274,288 | -0.66% | 1.19% |
| 2015 | 10,820,883 | 11,402,264 | -0.66% | 1.14% |
| 2016 | 10,775,971 | 11,528,674 | -0.42% | 1.11% |
| 2017 | 10,754,679 | 11,650,498 | -0.2% | 1.06% |
| 2018 | 10,732,882 | 11,765,514 | -0.2% | 0.99% |
| 2019 | 10,721,582 | 11,875,081 | -0.11% | 0.93% |
| 2020 | 10,698,599 | 11,974,057 | -0.21% | 0.83% |
| 2021 | 10,569,207 | 12,048,622 | -1.21% | 0.62% |
| 2022 | 10,436,882 | 12,119,334 | -1.25% | 0.59% |
| 2023 | 10,405,588 | 12,200,431 | -0.3% | 0.67% |
| 2024 | 10,388,805 | 12,277,109 | -0.16% | 0.63% |
| 2025 | 10,276,140 | 12,348,580 | -1.08% | 0.58% |
| 2026 | 10,232,997 | 12,415,147 | -0.42% | 0.54% |
| 2027 | 10,188,386 | 12,476,105 | -0.44% | 0.49% |
| 2028 | 10,143,203 | 12,531,994 | -0.44% | 0.45% |
| 2029 | 10,097,603 | 12,582,709 | -0.45% | 0.4% |
| 2030 | 10,051,921 | 12,628,154 | -0.45% | 0.36% |
| 2031 | 10,006,045 | 12,669,925 | -0.46% | 0.33% |
| 2032 | 9,959,048 | 12,709,155 | -0.47% | 0.31% |
| 2033 | 9,911,765 | 12,746,538 | -0.47% | 0.29% |
| 2034 | 9,865,342 | 12,781,017 | -0.47% | 0.27% |
| 2035 | 9,818,783 | 12,812,275 | -0.47% | 0.24% |
| 2036 | 9,772,426 | 12,842,495 | -0.47% | 0.24% |
| 2037 | 9,726,502 | 12,872,063 | -0.47% | 0.23% |
| 2038 | 9,680,639 | 12,900,190 | -0.47% | 0.22% |
| 2039 | 9,635,315 | 12,927,314 | -0.47% | 0.21% |
| 2040 | 9,590,401 | 12,953,871 | -0.47% | 0.21% |
| 2041 | 9,545,637 | 12,979,696 | -0.47% | 0.2% |
| 2042 | 9,501,568 | 13,005,242 | -0.46% | 0.2% |
| 2043 | 9,457,398 | 13,030,307 | -0.46% | 0.19% |
| 2044 | 9,411,943 | 13,054,103 | -0.48% | 0.18% |
| 2045 | 9,365,737 | 13,076,097 | -0.49% | 0.17% |
| 2046 | 9,319,023 | 13,095,748 | -0.5% | 0.15% |
| 2047 | 9,269,970 | 13,113,228 | -0.53% | 0.13% |
| 2048 | 9,218,699 | 13,127,662 | -0.55% | 0.11% |
| 2049 | 9,165,668 | 13,138,151 | -0.58% | 0.08% |
| 2050 | 9,111,122 | 13,145,144 | -0.6% | 0.05% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Greece decreased by 166,431 people (a 1.51% decline), while Tunisia gained 1,146,792 people (a 11.2% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Greece lost -544,743 (a 5.03% decline), while Tunisia's population increased by 999,787 (a 8.77% growth).
Greece was ranked 74th most populous country in 2005 and is 95th in 2025. Tunisia was ranked 79th in 2005 and ranked 80th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Greece's population will shrink by 11.3% to 9,111,122 people with a rank change from 95th to 106th. The population of Tunisia will increase by 5.99% to 13,145,144 people and rank change from 80th to 89th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Athens | 643K |
| Crete | 623K |
| Thessaloniki | 310K |
| Piraeus | 168K |
| Larissa | 146K |
| Peristeri | 134K |
| Glyfada | 89.6K |
| Nikaia | 88.1K |
| Nea Smyrni | 72.9K |
| Palaio Faliro | 64.9K |
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Population differences between Greece and Tunisia
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| Life expectancy | 82.2 years | 76.9 years |
| Average age | 45.5 years | 34.5 years |
| Median age | 47.3 years | 33.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.4:51.6 | 49.4:50.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.32 births per woman | 1.83 births per woman |
| Population density | 208.7 ppl/mi² | 204.7 ppl/mi² |
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